Download Episode. Scott talks with Peter Lee about the deployment of U.S. special forces to the island of Kinmen. Although it’s controlled by Taiwan, the island is right on China’s coast. Lee recounts the history of the military presence on the island and explains...
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Pentagon Developing Naval Drone Swarms for War With China
The US Navy will test surface and underwater drone swarms next month in preparation for a future war with China. In the near term, American defense officials have warned that war with China over Taiwan could break out. The US is developing drone swarms in other...
2/8/24 Lyle Goldstein on Why He Thinks War Over Taiwan is Alarmingly Likely
Download Episode. Lyle Goldstein returns to the show to talk about some concerning developments in the Pacific. Goldstein explains why he thinks violence breaking out over the island of Taiwan is a very real possibility in the next couple of years. He and Scott...
News Roundup 2/13/2024
US News House Committee Advances Bill that Reduces Transparency Over Weapon Sales Baltimore Sun Senate Passes Massive $95 Billion War Funding Bill NBC News Ukraine Norway Warns ‘Russia Is in a Stronger Position Now Than a Year Ago’ Kyiv Post The Institute Seized...
The China Lobby Now (Where is it?)
*Author’s note: while the term “China Lobby” has historically been associated with the coalition of interest groups, primarily in the business community, that grew up around support for the Republic of China in the 1920s and 1930s and which came to be closely allied...
The US Keeps Bombing People While Saying It Doesn’t Want To Fight
One of the weirdest things happening in the world today is the way US officials keep insisting that they are not at war with the groups they’re dropping bombs on in the Middle East, and that they do not seek conflict with the people they are attacking. Shortly after...
News Roundup 2/9/2024
Ukraine Senate Votes Down $118 Billion Military Aid and Border Bill AWC Senate Votes to Deliberate on $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill AWC Zelensky Removes His Top General, A Move That’s Expected to Backfire AWC China Report: US Military Advisors Deployed to...
News Roundup 2/6/2024
Russia Rep. Elissa Slotkin Says Pentagon Warned Congress Ukraine Defeat on Horizon Without More Aid X China Raytheon Awarded $68 Million Contract to Supply Taiwan With Glide Bombs AWC Israel Around 100,000 People in Gaza Have Been Killed, Injured or Are Missing X...
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